GIMP Version: 2.8
Operating System: Linux
OS Version: Linux Fedora & Windows 7 (64-bit)
GIMP Experience: Basic Level

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Every thing works fine in my Gimp-2.8 but when I export to save a png, it shuts down. Although it does do the save, it shuts down and I lose the XCF.
I am operating in Fedora-17

My error log is attached below, and if someone can understand what it says I would appreciate the feed back.

Thank you!!

Hi molly,
This may sound ridiculous but there aren't any errors in the file you attached.
Somewhere in your /home/molly directory there probably is a file .xsession-errors.
Notice the dot it's a "hidden" file.
You use Gnome as a desktop and I use KDE so I am not entirely sure that you have such a file.
Another way to catch errors is to start gimp from a console.
Gimp sends all error messages to "standard error" which in Linux means the terminal or console.
So when it quits again after saving something you'll probably find what exactly happened.
Good luck.
Gerard.

Thank you Gerard, I will give that a try.

Edit: I started Gimp from the terminal and added the error to my first post and deleted the previous one.

Hope this one gives more information.

Molly has been able to capture GIMP 2.8.2 crashing a couple of time during an export/save while running with the --verbose option.

It appears to be bug/conflict of some kind causing a crash and core dump. Does anyone see where a potential problem might be in these messages from the console (under the spoiler)?

I found a similar bug report here.

Did happens only with png not with jpg too ?
Maybe you have also the apng plugin ?

Not sure of Linux but in Windows the apng plugin could create some problems :
Well "problems" only cause a failure to save a readable png, no Gimp crashes

Neverthless if you have the apng plugin may be worth temporary unistall it, just too see if the problem remain

Thanks PC but no, I didn't install the apng plug-in in Fedora. All my error messages say "problems with Gimp package."

i see

NOT A SOLUTION BUT A WORKAROUND :

using instead then "export" "save for the web" to save png should avoid the crash
"save for the web" http://registry.gimp.org/comment/3257

I am getting frustrated by gimp-2.8.2 also.
I haven't saved anything as png or jpg yet so can't tell if it works or not.
But I am working on a scan of a damaged postcard.
The size of this scan is 104 MB.
When I want to remove the border it either segfaults or takes ages to make the cut.
I have 8 GB memory.
I reinstalled 2.6 on a separate Gentoo install and tried to make the same cut.
With default preferences settings it did the cut in a second!
IMHO 2.8 is still flaky.

Another thing that's a pita is Tool Options.
After working with 2.8 for a while it suddenly hides and you have to click in the panel to get it back.
The only way to get it to stay under the Tool Box is to delete sessionrc and set everything again.
(For as long as it lasts.)
Gerard.

Thanks Gerard but I think it is a FF problem this time because my home page where I get my email etc, is the same as it is in Gimp Chat.

Perhaps updating libpng will work?